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APPENDIX PHASE 1 - SUMMARY OF MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS ■ 116118 - PRCS presentation to Downtown Business Group (DBG) • 1111/18 (9a -12n) - Workshop with City Department representatives & Consultant From. Purpose of the Workshop was to discuss the consultant's findings From the preliminary Site Assessment effort, and to collect feedback from staff on ranking criteria and site selection. • 1124118 - PRCS Downtown Parks Feasibility Study presentation to the Parks and Recreation Commission • 1131/18- PRCS review Downtown Park Study & Magical Bridge Playground with Police Department CPTEO principles • 2/20/18 - Joint Study Session, Planning Commission and Complete Streets Advisory Committee to consider the Downtown Parks Study 2/14/18 - PRCS presentation to Redwood City Improvement Association (RCIAI at RCIA Board Meeting • 316118 - PRCS presentation to Chamber of Commerce • 3112/18 - SERA & PRCS present Study to Council at public meeting Exhibit P Summary of Meeting and Presentations during Phase f of Study Phase Two The second phase of the study focused on the feasibility of building a park on the two (2) City Council selected sites, the Main StreetlCity Hall Lot and the one side (southern side) of the Downtown Library Campus (Library Lot A/Roselll Garden), as well as Redwood Creek from Bradford Street to Highway 101. During this phase, the team further reviewed title reports and deeds, continued to research parking agreements, collected topographic surveys, confirmed property Anes and easements, and ultimately determined suitable, buildable areas for a future park and urban recreational corridors. Following direction from City Council, this phase concurrently involved community engagement and outreach including a one -day community event hosted by the PRCS and Library. The Pop -Up Park, held at the two proposed sites in the downtown on Saturday, June 9 from 11 am -3 pm, was developed by PRCS with support from the Parks and Arts Foundation (PAF) and the Library staff and volunteers. With the exception of Roselli Garden, the event location simulated the shape and size of a single linear park that extended from Broadway to the comer of Middlefield Road and Main Street. At the event. Library Lot A was dedicated to a kids' cycle track made of chalk. PVC pipe tunnels and kid -sized road signs, bicycle and helmet decoration station, and a covered reading nook for sicry time. Main Street parking lot was partially left open to allow for parking at perimeter stalls and vehicle circulation through the parking lot. A protected pedestrian pathway connected City Hall lot and Main Street lot that allowed for uninterrupted pedestrian and bicycle Row from one space to the other where a variety of piny features such as a climbing wall, a skate ramp, and various oversized games were installed by the PRCS mobile recreation program. A survey booth, managed by bilingual city staff (English and Spanish) and a Planning Commissioner, was set up at a centrally situated location at the event where people could look at a map of the proposed locations, view a copy of the report (Phase One of the Downtown Park Feasibility Study). take the survey, ask questions about the study, and express their concerns or support for the proposed locations for a future park. Two interactive monitors were also set up in 92 III COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY the booth where participants could draw their ideas that were then digitally captured and emailed to city staff. Staff found that this feature did not yield much data. During the community outreach effort, including the survey booth at the event, we spoke with concerned residents regarding the loss of parking, the high cost of building the project and its maintenance, and problematic behavior given the existing behavioral issues in existing parks. In general, however, there was significant support for a park downtown, in particular trading the provision of car storage for the provision of quality open space for people. Most indicated a preference for a large, green linear park that provided a soft visual and tactile respite from the hard surfaces of the streets downtown. The City Council and PRCS received correspondence from concerned residents adjacent to Main Street lot that participate in the existing monthly parking permit program provided by the City. The complaints are based on the lack of parking provided by the apartment building to the tenants and the inconvenience of parking any greater distance than immediately behind the building due to poor health conditions. According to City records, there are over twenty (20+) occupants that purchase monthly parking permits because there is no parking available in the building's fifty-nine (59) stall parking garage, a purposefully reduced requirement (from 207 parking stalls) for that particular senior living development that is a mix of market -rate and low- income units. This approved reduction was intended to reflect the partial use and dependency on cars by seniors living in a downtown location. The awareness of these types of issues is one of the main reasons why community outreach is so important, and how it informs the design of the public spaces. PHASE 2 - SUMMARY OF MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS ■ 4/20/18 - Stakeholder Group Meeting, PRCS presented Downtown Parks Site Assessment & Feasibility Study. The meeting was intended as a kick-off meeting for Phase 2 of the Downtown Parks Site Assessment & Fea sib i I Ity Study. The group discussed the results of Phase 1 and provided feedback on the Council -selected sites as well as an ideas for Community outreach. • 4/23/18 - Downtown Parks Survey CtuestionS, Input from City Manager ■ 5/3/18 - Downtown Parks Study Phase 2, Corridors & Open Space Network. The purpose was to discuss Phase 2 of the study, the urban recreation corridors throughout downtown. SERA, the consultant, presented very initial thinking for connectivity; City team provided feedback. 5/1/18 - PRCS Presentation to Downtown Business Group (DBG) • 5118/18 - PRCS & DBG - Door -to -doer, inform businesses immediately surrounding the event location about Pop -Up Park Event • 6127/18 - Update an Downtown Parks Study with Economic Development & Ccmmun0 Development Department TCDD)/Parking • 8/8118 - Data results with City Manager's Office (CM) • 8/9/18 - PRCS & CM Data analysis • 8129118 - PRCS & CDD Transportation - Parking • 8122/18 - PRCS & CDD Transportation - Survey Data Analysis, Parking • 8/27/18 - Update Downtown Parks Feasibility Study, City Staff Review of Proposed Parks E=xhibit 2: Summary or Meetings and Presentations held during Phase 2 of Sfudy DOWNTOWN PARKS SITE ASSESSMENT 6 FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT (.Q CD Cb CD